1. Introduction to Global Change: Human Impacts Global environmental change encompasses the rapid changes now occurring in the Earth as a system – its climate, human population, natural resources, and ecosystems. Global Change II –Human Impacts guides students in learning about the natural world and the role of human activities in shaping and changing the environment. Environ 111 MWF 12-1 + lab sections

2. The Earth is Transformed by Human Actions World population reached its first billion in 1850, 2.5 billion by 1950, and passed 6 billion in October 1999 From 1700 to 1985, world forests declined by 19% and grasslands by 8%, while agriculture increased by 466% As much as one-fourth of earth’s biodiversity is expected to be extinct by 2100 Significant climate warming is now under way, and likely will continue throughout the 21st Century Humans appropriate an ever-increasing fraction of earth’s primary production, freshwater, and other critical resources

3. Drivers “drivers” or “forcing functions” refer to the forces that result in system response. Examples include: human population growth new technologies, such as obtaining energy from the burning of fossil fuels advances in social organization, allowing more effective exploitation of natural resources Responses detectable changes in the global environment, such as: rising atmospheric CO2 rising temperatures declining biodiversity urban crowding and smog environmental pollution Human Transformation of the Global Environment Solutions attempt to control drivers and mitigate responses

4. Future Projections How confident are we in the science that underlies future scenarios? What level of risk is acceptable? How can we mitigate or adapt to change?

5. Global Economic Disparities There exists considerable disparity among regions in the types and amounts of capital (wealth) they possess the greatest portion of total capital in the high-income countries is attributable to human resources

6. Towards Sustainability "There is something fundamentally wrong in treating the earth as if it was a business in liquidation." -- Economist Herman Daly sustainable development meets the "needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Brundtland Report (Our Common Future), 1987 more of a journey than a destination

7. Section Information SectionCurrent Enrollment TimeLocationGSI 02Tues 9-113325 Dana TBA 03Tues 11-13325 Dana TBA 04Thurs 9-113325 Dana TBA 05Wed 8-103325 Dana TBA 07Thurs 11-13325 Dana TBA 08Wed 10-123325 Dana TBA Lectures MWF 12-1, 1520 CC Little

8. Global Change 2 Winter Schedule of 2005Lectures updated Week DateDay format for printing 11/5wedIntroduction to Course and StaffAll 1/7friHuman Impacts: Road MapAllan 21/10monIn the Beginning: Hominids and Environmental ChangeFord 1/12wedThe Cultural Transformation of the Environment IFord 1/14friThe Cultural Transformation of the Environment IIFord 1/17monMartin Luther King Jr. Day (no class) 31/19wedCultural Adaptation, Maladaptation and Global ChangeFord 1/21friPopulation Growth over Human HistoryAllan 41/24monDemographic Transition: An Historical Sociological PerspectiveAllan 1/26wedHuman Appropriation of the World's Food Supply Allan 1/28friHuman Appropriation of the World's Water SupplyAllan 51/31mon Human Transformation of the Land Allan 2/1tuesReviewFord, Allan 2/2wedMidterm #1 (material 1/7-1/31) 2/11friGlobal Climate Changevan der Pluijm 72/14mon Mechanisms and Scenarios of Climate ForecastingMechanisms and Scenarios of Climate Forecasting (same notes as above)van der Pluijm 2/16wedPotential Impacts and Mitigation StrategiesPotential Impacts and Mitigation Strategies (same notes as above)van der Pluijm 2/18fri TBA van der Pluijm 8 2/21monWorld Fisheries: Declines, Potential and Human Reliance Allan 2/23wedMarine and Coastal Environments Allan 2/25fri Emerging Infectious DiseasesAllan 2/28- 3/4 No Class 2/4friEnergy 1: Todayvan der Pluijm 62/7monEnergy 2: Tomorrow (notes as energy1)van der Pluijm 2/9wedEnergy 3: Systems and Policy (notes as energy1)van der Pluijm 2/11friGlobal Climate Changevan der Pluijm 72/14mon Mechanisms and Scenarios of Climate Forecasting (same notes as above) van der Pluijm 2/16wedPotential Impacts and Mitigation Strategies (same notes as above)van der Pluijm 2/18fri TBA van der Pluijm

9. 8 2/21monWorld Fisheries: Declines, Potential and Human Reliance Allan 2/23wedMarine and Coastal Environments Allan 2/25fri Emerging Infectious DiseasesAllan 2/28- 3/4 No Class 9 3/7 monThreats to Biodiversity Allan 3/9wedParks and Protected Areas Allan 3/10tueReview Allan, van der Pluijm 3/11friMidterm #2 (material 2/4-3/7) 10 3/14mon Connecting Human Health Patterns with Environmental and Social Change ppt slides Human Health Gladwin 3/16 wedTrends in, and Consequences of, Global Inequality ppt slides InequalityGladwin 3/18fri Assessing the Spread of Democracy and Human Rights ppt slides Democracyy Gladwin 11 3/21mon The Global Communications Revolution & Rise of Civil Society ppt slides Technology Gladwin 3/23wedAppraising the Consequences of Economic Globalization ppt slides GlobalGladwin 3/25friExtra Lecture (TBA)Gladwin 12 3/28mon Economic Growth and How We Measure It Abreu 3/30wedDeveloped and Less Developed CountriesAbreu 4/1 fri Development, Poverty, and the EnvironmentAbreu 13 4/4monUrbanizationAbreu 4/6wedUrbanization and PollutionAbreu 4/8friEnvironmental Economics and Pollution ControlAbreu 14 4/11mon Sustainable DevelopmentAbreu 4/13wedForecasting the FutureAllan 4/15friEnvironmental Justice: Outline and NotesFord

10. It is recommended that students print out and read the lecture notes before class. 15 4/18mon Mind Futures: Confronting the Challenges of Global and Long-Term Thinking ppt slides Mind Gladwin 4/20wedSummation and Course Evaluations Allan 4/TBA ReviewGladwin, Abreu TBA Final Exam: 1.30-3.30 pm (Location TBA)

11. Global Change 2 Preliminary 2005 Lab Schedule WeekLab Assignment 1 No Lab 2Population Growth and Global Society (Film & Discussion) 3Introduction to ArcView 4Global Water Resources (ArcView) 5GM Foods and Project Introduction (Film & Discussion), Final Project Introduction 6Using ArcView to Investigate Carbon Dioxide 7Climate Negotiations Role Play Spring Break 8Global Energy Resources (Arcview) ) ) 9Protecting Biodiversity (ArcView) ) ) 10Systems Thinking Workshop; Final Project outline 11Affluenza Film & Discussion 12Ecological Footprint 13International Inequities: AIDS in Africa 14Student Presentations - To Be Held in Your Lab Discussion Rooms